State v. Cromb

A police officer walked into the area of a hospital emergency room where defendant was being treated after a car accident. The officer observed defendant’s vital signs and medical staffs diagnosis of his condition and, thereafter, obtained a sample of defendant’s urine for chemical testing. ORS 813.140. 1 A grand jury indicted defendant for, among other offenses, driving under the influence of intoxicants (DUII). ORS 813.010. Defendant filed a motion to suppress the test results of the urine sample, asserting that the investigating officer’s warrantless observations in the emergency room that…